Bradley University Athletics

Honors & Awards

• 2015 Carl Grose Service Award
• Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team (2013)
• MVC Honor Roll (2014)
• Bradley AD Honor Roll (Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 & Spring 2015)

2015 Season (Senior): Started all 54 games in the outfield … Had career highs for at bats, runs, hits RBI, doubles and triples … Hit .275 and was a perfect 5-for-5 on stolen bases … Reached to leadoff an inning 58 percent of the time … Drove in the tying and game-winning runs with a two-out seventh-inning single in the comeback home win against I-74 rival Illinois State … Notched her 100th career hit in the final home game … Posted a .333 average in 18 home games … Had seven multi-hit games …Posted a .310 average in MVC play with 12 runs and seven RBI … Owned a .351 average with runners on in Valley action and hit .400 with runners in scoring position in conference games. 

2014 Season (Junior): Made 43 starts … Hit .381 with runners on base and .393 with runners in scoring position … Owned a .349 average in Missouri Valley Conference play and her .391 on base percentage in league action was second on the team … Was 6-for-10 with two RBI in four games against MVC regular-season champ Wichita State … After opening the season with a .103 average through the first three weekends, she was 25-for-66 (.379) at the plate over her final 39 games … Second on the team with seven sacrifice hits.

2013 Season (Sophomore): Started 47 of the 50 games she played in, making 34 starts in right field ... Fifth on the team with 23 runs scored ... Ranked third with 10 stolen bases on 11 attempts ... Reached base 42 percent of the time leading off an inning ... Named to the all-tournament team at the Tiger Invitational after going 8-for-11 with five runs scored and a pair of stolen bases while helping Bradley to the tournament title ... Had a team-high five stolen bases in MVC play ... Started the final 16 games of the season.

2012 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 28 games, seeing the bulk of her action as a pinch runner ... Made five starts, splitting time between the outfield and right side of the infield ... Had three pinch hit opportunities ... Collected her first career hit in the win against Western Michigan.

High School: A four-time letterwinner in softball, she was a two-time team MVP and was a two-time all-state selection ... Twice earned Bureau County Republican Player of the Year honors ... Hit .414 as a senior, following a junior season in which she owned a .500 batting average with seven home runs, 37 RBI and 12 stolen bases ... Boasted an impressive .833 batting average with a double, triple, two home runs and 11 RBI during the IHSA Tournament as a junior ... Also lettered in basketball, setting the school season record for three-point field goal percentage (48.8%).

Personal: The daughter of Thomas and Amy Burgess, Brittany was born in Peoria, Ill. ... Has a younger brother: Adam ... Majored in graphic design.